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Listings: Edinburgh Festival

Aurora Nova A well-established festival in itself, with its all-day programming of international dance, theatre and physical theatre, impressive in scope. Aurora Nova at St Stephen’s, today until Aug 29

Burklyn Youth Ballet Appealing to family audiences, this young American troupe, from Vermont, is a regular Fringe attraction. This year’s production is Beauty and the Beast. Gilded Balloon Teviot, Bristo Square, Fri until Aug 21

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Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads The first museum show devoted to this important subject. It is sometimes difficult to identify the sitter in Bacon’s “portraits”, but when you can, the shock of recognition can be electrifying.Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, until Sept 4